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EDITOR'S COLUMM-7 RESPONSIBILTITY.4.
Webster's defines it as reliability —
or trustworthiness and it's

something that has been Shirked 211 —

Loo often іп the Т/% Computer worlds

I ай Sorry to report that, in mu | и
opinion, we may have another B c
responsibility Crisis on Qu^ hands ^ — —
іп the cage ot Time Designa 0 n y
Magazifia.s I have been spending time —
тутт al zl E — lately trying 19 track down Vol. & —

Ho. i Of TOM, the issue Given GUL at the recent CATS Fest in early

May. All оғ MY efforts have been іп vaim letters have gone

Unanswered, telephone mnezzages have not been returned, and mow the

Time Designs “answering machine" бс мечем prompted anyone to

answer melo» has been disconnected for the last tuo weeks, I would

think that in thé tuo Months since the CATS Feat, at least a feu

ISSUES wold have beer mailed, but I have heard попа. As far as I

Know, the Only people receiving TOM issues lately have seen TIM Woods -

іп person, either at the CATS Fest or user group meetings. All the

Were I've talked to lately report Similar experiences; some havent t

ever gotten TOM 4:6 get. This situation dees not bode well for Time
Design Magazine Company or the hokey in general-- it woJld Бе 8 blow

wo lose Qu^ largest magazine, and I вам "our Magazine” because ше :
$UbsSchibe tO itj oJ" до! ага аре OUL there and we expected product In
return FOr Our Money. Al) indications point to Tim Woods wanting to |
continusgs: I've read ax Much imn many Newsletters and talked to кеоріе ·

Who Кш hin who sag tne Sane things. I Sincerely hope that there is

ыз in what they Say, but It's time for action. Subschibenz have

been waiting toO long and patience ig Wearing thing many are vowing

not to rezubscPibe,. In the meantime, if any VISTA subSchibeh j£

Missing lzzues they have paid for, please write me, 16% me know your
situation and in tne letter State that I have your permission to DICK

ыр ЧОМ“ magszine and/or back igsUes for YOU. Around the first of

AUGE I ам going down to Colton, QR, to meet With TIM Woods апа fils

OWL What if going on; if I am successful I will pick Up ШЫҒ 13562 — — ć
and hold them for jou; I will determine the postage and if YOU Wish to —
Send me that amount, I will! mail your igsUet$» to gau. т weuld hope = || |
that you Keep trying vo contact TOM on your oui 1 view this 1710 8 а

last resort, albeit а necessary one. We alli remember the big bail outs _
bY Timex and Sync Magaz!ne; major injuries to the body Of our һо.
since then every disappearance I liken to a minor cut-* enough Of them -
and we bleed to death, The latest injuries have been the loss oF Beers
$ustemz and Programmers Stan Lemke (Pixe) Print» and Herb Bowers (ABBA

Бобу. But in each Case, the damage haz beer Witigated somewhat; Zebhi =

ix mnegotiating with RHG Enterprises and Time Designs to distribute
Song of their Pines, and Mezzrz. Lemke atid Ecuerg GFA IVEY шы) heir
ime programm into the public ома Па ILE unfortügnate; that no new

eve opments мір! SOME fea these tunm talented men, bJt I applaud
their genmerexituy ang tbc example they zet for the кеш cf Us, When ang
if the time comez for AMY Ce uz to "pack it in" I мом а Hape that 31)
can FO) ig tbe реда Of Shan Шетке amd herb Bowers and act responslel us
Тоты МЕРАРИ ed.

WELCOME; Welcome іс meu Subscribers to the VISTA Newsletter SINGE the

ахї ISSUE Thomaz Skaggs Of Warzasw, IN} Robert Webster or Jonezboro,

ӘР and Aurel gBoizvert, Pizkering, Ontanios In addition, we are

trading neuzletnerz with the Sinclair Milwaukee Grop., “SMG Bytes",

atid the inzlair Computer Users society. "SIMCUE Меша", Glad to have

dc aboard! қ Er 2

GOODIES IV-- "Lf uou want it, here it ig, Come and Geb 1%..." Triangle
Sinclair User Group issues 5 and B, үші. 2, m 2058
Intenrmediatgezduvancegd guidebook. & Timex Sinclair Шер, М9), 1, No. Be
а July 1288 UPDATE Magazine for 2968. For the mailing, just ask, "We
can work 1% out" “he's fried a Chip- tug song tithes іп omne article,

LARKEM GOL БЕРПЕТЛІЛІУІН WITH m LARKEM--7 Glad to report that the
Larken (G00 POL iz back in action now, thanks to Dan Eljjott, pan
reports that hg will repair Larken 1960 disg interfaces for %1% gach
plus parts, the Same Price® az the 2398 interface repairs, Fast, fair
and efficient, Dan Elliott iz a GREAT resource for the TS commi ут
call on min i? you need a hand, at Bt, 1, Box 117, Caboo!, МО 650909,
сүр УУ weekends, Pig rage Flg EVENINGS, SUnda through
Thursday. From tbe Toronto User group comes word that User Bill harmer
haz produced a i505 Larken disc interface manual OF about 80 pagesa
Write io George Сама for more information, at ја Richome Court,
Scarborough, Ontario, Mik ШҮ}. Thirty cents postage to Canada at 1951

report.

BITS AMD PIECES- Good mews from vancouver Sinclair Weer Grow, Vgl
are trying to assist Jim Horne in clearing ор tme Situation аз
Insomniac Electronics, Get in touch with Rod Humphreys at 2996
Highview Place, Port Moody, BG vah INS if you have had problems with
Insomniac Electronics. They Cannot guarantee РЕЗЕ, PUL they are
trying to help. МЕЈО member vince Lee Ix working ыр а laptop 2Х5-81,
complete with a portable dizplay screen and 64K NVM used ав RRMdISCE.
WOM! Go to it, Vince. I mear Larry Kenney has worked Up ап LOD dispolau
for the TSIEN az well-- hope it's true! Word Comes down that à Пеш
zlub mag be forming in the Jonesboro, ЕК агез-- Bob нерезег reports

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that they are wiring up TI keyboards and working on Lar ker 1998 FDIS:
Qood to дее Uzerg getting tagéether,. EVERYONE WITH A MODEM should. ru
eut The Bull Pen BES, out of the Portland Area. The CCAT/S user gray
are working with €gyzop Bor Currie to put together a Т/% sSuUb-bosahd an
а National Echo-- messages put on the BES will echo over the whol
country. They need at least 20 messages рер day to keep things going
on the SINCLAIR USERS UNITE! netgork, zo give them 8 call at. (8592265
5883, 24 Kress, B/1/M. I would кесеп this BES highs ds mM Th.
езе, to weer Call апа find out ror yourself.

PUBLIC DOMAIN LIBRARY UPDATE" The public domain library projec:
progressing well, with Tim Hard іп Charge of the T/S1609 tapes, Ton!
Willing in Charge of the Т/Е-2868 tapes. Mew tapes are being соме! теа.
дај, with Таре o for the T/$-1800 and Tape 2 for the 2068 Close to
becoming realities. We have both gotten quite a few new Programs
enter in the library am we seg по end in sight to this project,
though we have heard nothing lately From SNUG. “UPDATE” Magazine
the latest magazine to give WS a writeup, and we are сопу тиа. уд
work independently, as this project ig toO important to the ТАБ.

communmitug to ighgre-- where eIze сай you get s Tape fUll OF вера! :
for $47 мешом РЕ to the hobby әре &zpecially encouraged ta write, ai
іне library iz a great source of new info. All library entries are
available on Larken Disc. both 100G and zG6g systems, Get im touc
With Tony Willing at VISTA or Tim Ward, 5142-р пка Br. Meg oma
WA ETE Port more inmformagtion, ANO ы

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CHEAP TIF--7 Hearing the kegtops off Your TYE keyboard? I coat еп
With Clear maij polizh Every three or Four Months to protect ane
original Тее сто works for МЕТІ

ІМ THE МАТ ЕС ^ catalog for BYTE POWER Magazine, 1748
M&agdcouwwvigew Руби, Pickering, Ontario, Liv 308, In addition to |
programz FOr the 20656, Byte Power bhag s tape full of games for ће
ТИМ for $9.95 CAIUS £5 zhipping». Maze, агбаје style and
Strategy замес are represented. Write for more INFOMATION ses
ENG Enterprises, 1919 1/2 7t» Street, Gregor City, OR 97995 ha
Whole Jot Of good dealz going right now. Check out the deal 40
STEAL? on T/$£-z048 printer paper. Remember the article in last
ISSUE about the COMPANY that called me trying to deal 4G-79lU
cases of paper-- Well, НИС Got it s3111!! Тһе paper is vH e eee
$2 а three roll pack, and you'll never see it ang Cheaper. Stor
Um, 88 I hear" that Radio Shack 15 discontinJing the TEI
Paper that will work in the T/$-2090. RMG iz alzo offering 5.25
floppy discs, £3.98/25, 1zV power supplies fOr $19,958, the Pixel
Print line oF software for the 2098, а public domain T/$716608 wor
processor program жор $32, and some used equipment, Check out the
Conpsa T/E-1068 floppy dizc interface with mandale- $10 85 18,
Rod iz aiso offering xT Comp ірік computers, Factory refUhbished,
fOr $4999! YOU Оше it to yourself to give Бод а Call at с593 65“
7%8%. SUPPORT OUR TE DEALERS Sa

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Тог Zebra Customers and Other Timex Users

| 152068 SOFTWARE

Га like to thank you for all the support you've given us during __ C270 ZPrint 80 $10.00 .
the last six years. | | __ C256 Tech Draw Jr. $10.00

In early 1983 when Timex was selling over 100,000 computers | TMO1Tasword 1! $5.00
per month I formed Zebra with the sole purpose in mind of support- 77
ing Timex users. i

Well, things have changed a lot since then. Orders received for pert i ba iud ree
Timex products have slowed down to a snails pace. It has therefore | — C281 Sign D Nae $10 00

come time for us to clear out 9596 of our Timex product line so that
we can use the warehouse space for other things. Most of Zebra's
focus now is on Radio Shack's Tandy Color Computer.

This sale lasts only until July 14. All merchandise is on a
first come-first-served basis and quantities are limited to those on
hand. Refund checks will accompany your orders for any products
sold out. For orders shipped by UPS include $3.00 shipping and

__ C272 Greeting Card Designer $10.00
__ GS03Complete Set of 3 $25.00
| 2050 MODEM
FTWARE
__ 570: МТЕНМЛ TS1000/1500/2068
5.0

handling. Orders requiring other shipping methods must include _ STO2 MTERM | -752068 5.00

additional shipping according to the weight of your order. No or- : 8

ders for less ап $15.00 ог COD's will be 3 ереді A&J Micro Drive Wafers
Zebra Systems will continue selling ZX81 computers kits to CLOSEOUTS ONLY A FEW LEFT!

schools, (we have 3000 in stock), and products that support them Black Wafers

such as Alphacom printers, software, books, etc., and especially __ AJ10 5' 7K 2.00

robotics educational materials. Arrangements are being negotiated Clear Wafers

with RMG and Time / Designs Magazine to transfer some of our in-B — AJ705' 8.5K. 2.00

ventory and/or publishing rights. __ AJ71 10° 17K 2.00

Computer clubs or individuals interested in making bulk pur-
chases (defined as larger than $100) may want to call and speak
with me. I have over 10,000 tapes, 5.000 books, 1000 used work-
ing ZX81's, 2000 Memotech RAMS, and more still in stock. Pric-
es in large quantities could go as low as 20 cents per book ortape. j

For Original Zebra FDD Systems
64K & CPM Upgrade 30.00
FDD Software Tech Manual 15.00

IMPORTANT!
Read This Letter

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Thank you again for your support.

Sincerely,
Stewart Newfeld N
President

151000/1500 and TS2068Products

ZX81 Computers:
1 for $7.00, 5 for $25.00
These are customer returns to Sinclairs
Repair Center. Most need some repair
work. Some work fine, customers just had
tape loading dificulties. No power suppy or

_ S240 Alphacom 32 Thermal Printer 2500. cables are included at this price.
. C148 6-Roll Pack Thermal Paper 15.00
_ S116 Sinclair 16K RAM Pack (like 151016) К
C282 Machine Code Test Tool (751000 : à
77 твої 752068 Trackball deas , 29.95 See Zebra 1987А Timex /
p Memotech 751000 / ZX81 ( not for 191500) Sinclair Products Catalog for
__ MT64 64К Memopak RAM $25.00 more complete product
__ MT32 32K Memopak RAM Apes descriptions.
МС01 Memocalc Spreadsheet ee
__ MGO01 High Res. Graphics $15.00 Send $3.00 for shipping & handling.
Ес Prototyping Products VISA/MC accepted. $15.00 minimum order.
C110 46-pin keyed & labeled 151000 connector $5.95 Read letter above for additional details.
— C210 64-ріп keyed & labeled TS2068 Connector $695 Zebra Systems, Inc.
7 6112 46Pin TS1000 expansion connector $1.50 78-06 Jamaica Ave.,
7 C212 64-ріп Т 52068 expansion connector $1.60 Woodhaven, NY 11421

_ C211 Protocards $9.95 (718) 296-2385 `

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